Do you remember how you first learned about sex?
Maybe from your parents (“the talk”), at school, or from friends. Maybe someone was honest and open with you. Maybe you got mixed messages or weird information.
People who have disabilities need to learn about sex too, but they might have a harder time sifting through the misinformation.
Teaching human sexuality is about formal lessons, selecting information, and choosing how to teach it, but it’s more than that. To be a sexuality educator you have to see the whole person and be committed to support that person. It’s not easy, it won’t be prefect, and you might make mistakes.
To me, it’s about asking “why not?”. Why not teach someone about different sexual positions? Why not incorporate questions about sexual life into annual planning meetings? Why not teach someone how to ask someone else on a date? Why not affirm someone when they are expressing their sexuality? Being a sexuality educator is about being an advocate. It’s about giving people information in an engaging way they can digest. It’s about teaching skills and changing patterns of behavior. It’s about sending the message that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with who you are.
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